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Search for: Search. Newsletters may offer personalized content or advertisements. Learn more. You can help the planet and yourself by avoiding sweets and pastries Daniel T Cross November 9, Often these rope or wire snares are set by villagers to catch wild pigs or deer to eat. However, tigers can become severely injured and maimed from these snares and die from infection.
The illegal trade in wildlife parts is worth billions of dollars annually and is the third most profitable trade on the black market after drugs and weapons. The trade in live tigers and tiger body parts is banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Despite this, Sumatran tigers are still hunted for their body parts including whiskers, teeth, bones, and claws for use in traditional Chinese medicines.
The majority of tiger body parts are exported to China. Places that sell tiger body parts include souvenir, jewellery, antique and traditional Chinese medicine shops. It was the latest in a series of killings of endangered animals on Sumatra island. Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic has led to increased poaching as villagers turn to hunting for economic reasons. Early last month, a female tiger was found dead with injuries caused by a snare trap in South Aceh district.
An elephant was found without a head on July 11 at a palm plantation in East Aceh.
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